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Printup, 22, pleaded guilty to dealing meth of more than 5 grams, but less than 10 grams. This was from a March 23, 2019, arrest on Sagamore Parkway near Duncan Road. A deputy noticed his car speeding and pulled him over.

Deputies found found 21.6 grams of meth hidden inside the car, but that charge was pleaded down from a Level 2 felony to a Level 3 felony by reducing the amount of meth Printup admitted to having with the intent to deal.

Printup also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary, which was one of three charges filed earlier this month stemming from a Nov. 26, 2017, burglary committed just four months after he was acquittal of murder.

Tippecanoe County jurors found Printup not guilty of murder in the Oct. 12, 2016, killing of elementary school art teacher Kristi Redmon. Since then, he's been in and out of jail on allegations, charges and convictions for drugs and weapons.

One week after his acquittal, Printup published a rap online in which he denied killing Redmon and described himself as "Lafayette's OJ."

Other charges filed in the drug dealing case and the conspiracy to commit burglary case will be dismissed at his April 24 sentencing hearing, according to the plea agreement.

The two convictions from Friday's change-of-plea hearing carry a maximum sentence of 28 years.

Printup's plea agreement leaves his sentence up to Tippecanoe Superior 1 Judge Randy Williams. The agreement, however, requires Printup to serve at least a 14-year sentence at an Indiana prison. Any sentence more than 14 years — up to 16 years — can be served in prison or in community corrections, according to the plea agreement.

If Printup receives a longer sentence, the portion of the sentence above 16 years will be served on probation, according to the agreement.

Printup's alleged co-conspirator in the Nov. 26, 2017, burglary-related charges was Isabella Villarreal, who is wanted on a warrant on charges of conspiracy to commit burglary, burglary and theft.

She is also the woman who was wounded while a backseat passenger early March 15, 2019, while sitting beside Printup in a northbound car on Interstate 65.

About two weeks after the shooting, police found a car riddled with bullet holes parked on Gordon Court at Romney Meadows, a Lafayette apartment complex. Police at the time suspected it might be the car that Villarreal was in when she was shot, but police have never publicly confirmed their suspicions.

Reach Ron Wilkins at 765-420-5231 or at rwilkins@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2.